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Bahrain's election ban targets 50k nationals: Opposition group
Jun 14, 2018 03:54Bahrain’s main Shia opposition group, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, has condemned a newly passed law that bans figures of dissolved opposition parties and organizations from running in parliamentary elections.
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Bahrain king signs off on law banning opposition figures from running in elections
Jun 12, 2018 04:02Bahrain’s king has signed into law a contentious bill recently adopted by the Parliament, which bans figures of dissolved opposition parties and organizations from running in parliamentary elections.
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Bahraini court upholds 5-year prison term for opposition figure Nabeel Rajab
Jun 06, 2018 02:44The Bahraini Court of Appeal has upheld the five-year prison term against the Persian Gulf island country’s prominent opposition figure and pro-democracy campaigner Nabeel Rajab over his tweets deemed critical of the Manama regime and the deadly Saudi-led war against Yemen.
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Bahrain’s King Hamad, backed by crown prince of Abu Dhabi, seeking to unseat prime minister: Report
Jun 06, 2018 02:37Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Ale Khalifa, supported by the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Ale Nahyan, is reportedly devising plans to get rid of the kingdom’s long-serving Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Ale Khalifah, and replace him with a member of his inner circle.
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Bahraini courts give prison sentences to dozen anti-regime activists
Jun 03, 2018 10:21Courts in Bahrain have handed down prison sentences to at least 12 anti-regime protesters as the ruling Ale Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy activists in the kingdom.
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Bahrain’s dissolved opposition party offers proposal to end political crisis
Jun 03, 2018 02:53Bahrain’s main Shia opposition group, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, which has been dissolved and banned from conducting any activity by the ruling Ale Khalifah regime, has proposed a democracy-based solution to settle the years-long political crisis in the Persian Gulf island country.
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Bahrainis rage at regime after female activists arrested
Jun 02, 2018 09:07Bahrainis have once again rallied against the Aal-e Khalifah regime’s crackdown on activists in the tiny Persian Gulf island State.
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Bahrain sentences six more activists to life imprisonment
May 31, 2018 14:59A court in Bahrain has handed down life sentences to six more activists over their alleged role in a 2014 bombing that hit the flashpoint village of Diraz, the second such verdict in a matter of two days.
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Protesters demand pull-out of US naval forces from Bahrain
May 19, 2018 14:25Thousands of people have staged demonstrations across Bahrain, demanding the immediate withdrawal of American marines from the tiny Persian Gulf island State and closure of the US naval base there.
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Bahraini court jails 115 activists, revokes their citizenship
May 16, 2018 03:40A Bahrain court has sentenced more than a hundred citizens to jail and revoked their nationality as the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on the majority community in the Persian Gulf kingdom.